Regulation .03 Violations.

The Board may impose a penalty on a veterinarian who does any of the following:

Fails to provide direct supervision for employees;

Practices veterinary medicine without a current registration;

Operates a veterinary hospital without a veterinary hospital license;

Fails to conform to minimum sanitary standards for veterinary facilities;

Conducts a veterinary practice in a manner which violates professional and ethical standards;

Violates a Board regulation after receiving a license;

Engages in false or misleading advertising;

Obtains a license to practice veterinary medicine by fraud or misrepresentation;

Employs or permits an unlicensed person to practice veterinary medicine;

Employs or permits a veterinarian who does not possess a current veterinary registration to practice veterinary medicine;

Practices veterinary medicine without a valid license issued by the Board;

Conducts a veterinary practice incompetently;

Violates any federal or State law relating to narcotic drugs;

Is convicted of a felony, or of a crime involving moral turpitude;

Is deliberately cruel to an animal; or

Is grossly negligent in the practice of veterinary medicine.